This blog is all about how going to see a movie with a good friend is almost as important as a good movie. Skip it if you want to avoid the emotional stuff.
I miss my movie buddy. She left for Arizona about a year and a half ago. Going to the movies since then just hasn't been the same. Sure, I can take my son, but he's not really an adequate substitute. You can't really comment on how attractive the actors - male and female - are to a twelve year old or discuss the finer points of movie editing and sound design.
What brought on this bout of melancholly? I was talking to a co-worker today about a movie that he saw over the weekend. It was just the kind of movie that my movie buddy and I would go see. Action, eye-candy, special effects, more eye-candy, maybe a plot...it seemed to have it all. Did I see it over the weekend? No. Instead, I stayed home and watched Sahara for the 20th time. It's actually quite depressing. Sigh! What is a girl to do that has lost her movie buddy? Anyone says "date" and they'll walk with a limp for a long time.
For all of you out there in blogland reading this entry, share your stories about your movie buddies. Who is or was the worst person to see a movie with? Who is or was the best? No names please. Just really detailed descriptions so we all know who it is. ;-)
My worst person to see a movie with was my ex-husband. He had this terrible habit of saying inappropriate things loudly during a movie. For example, we went to see Othello at the Landmark theater many, many years ago. A character came on screen who was male but was dressed rather effeminately. He said, very loudly as the character came on screen, "Is he a f** or what?" Even though it was dark, I still wanted to crawl under my seat. That was one of the many incidents.
The best person to see movies with is of course my movie buddy. She's a musician/singer/music teacher so she can tell you things about a movie soundtrack that you never thought of. And we both like things that explode and look pretty. And sometimes pretty things that explode!
I actually like going to movies by myself sometimes. When I go by myself, I'm more interested in the movie. When I go with someone else, the company is just as important to me as the movie. I wish I had seen Brokeback Mountain alone so I could have sobbed more. lol
Posted by: Jill at January 20, 2006 5:01 PMInteresting post. I guess the closest thing I've had to a moviebuddy is my dad, but he lives 5.5 hours away so we don't see too many movies together anymore. If he didn't live two timezones away, my current moviebuddy would be my SO; we've rented stuff from NetFlix before and watched them simultaneously but it's not quite the same thing. :)
I actually became my own moviebuddy from living in NYC. They had so many theaters close by when I lived in the East Village so I would often just go by myself and it was great. I could see whatever I wanted to see whenever I wanted to see it. And I always appreciated my running commentary and chuckled at the appropriate times.
Posted by: Vicki at November 16, 2006 12:21 PM